Previous reports have suggested Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) to have higher incidence in spring and summer months with peak noted from April to July. However, there are some smaller studies that…
The impact of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on blood pressure (BP) has been debated, with some evidence suggesting that their increased intake is related to higher risk of developing hypertension. We…
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with improved left ventricular (LV) function in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and LV dysfunction; however, the outcome after TAVI of patients with…
This study aimed to determine prevalence, differentiate underlying causes, and identify the benign group in subjects with asymptomatic T-wave inversion (TWI). We retrospectively read 12-lead electrocardiograms from 3,929 consecutive asymptomatic…
Multiple studies have evaluated copeptin, a surrogate for arginine vasopressin, in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with mixed results. A systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis were performed for…
Most data assessing the accuracy of electrocardiographic (ECG) screening in identifying cardiac pathology in athletes are derived from relatively unselected cohorts of subjects involved in competitive sports. We hypothesized that…
Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) are reported to have a mortality rate of about 1.0% per year, and those patients without sudden death risk factors and with no or mild…
The purposes of the present study were to determine the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on Valve Academic Research Consortium–defined outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation…
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is being increasingly used to help identify patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). Whereas ventricular arrhythmias have been well studied in this population, atrial arrhythmias have…
We tested the hypothesis that the disproportionate increase of body surface area in obesity may lead to the overestimation of aortic stenosis (AS) severity when the aortic valve area (AVA)…
